Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: idea: MAC level compression & crypto | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 30 Aug 1999 17:45:02 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Nance <jnance@nortelnetworks.com> writes:
Jim> It is certainly in the government's best interest to be vague Jim> about exactly what is covered by crypto regs, and they are. The Jim> US crypto regulations get their power because they can intimidate Jim> people into not doing things that the courts would not let them Jim> outlaw. The more precisly the regulations are defined the less Jim> intimidating they are.
Jim> If you want to know the answer to your question, basically you Jim> have to go ahead and do it and see if they try to put you in Jim> jail. If you are like me you don't want to do this. See why its Jim> vague?
It sounds more to me like you have been reading too much government propaganda instead of thinking about what it actually means.
The US crypto laws are naiive and only hurts US businesses since the crypto is already out there. It's like saying we are the only ones smart enough to do crypto, but hey the rest of the world proved them wrong again. Maybe they'll learn one day, the current laws are so naiive it is unbelievable, it's hard to decide whether to laugh or cry over it.
Anyway this is off topic for linux-kernel, if you want to reply do it to me in private email please - I'll probably just ignore it anyway.
Jes
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